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(No Model) S A. HULL.

SUSPENSION LAMP.

N0. 36'7 ,144. v Patented July 26, 1887..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WOLOOTT A. HULL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE ANSONIA BRASS ANDOOPPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENSION-LAMP."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,144, dated July 26. 1887.

Application filed February 6, 1884. Serial No.119,$99. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WoLcoT'r A. HULL, of New York, in the county of- New York and State of New York, have invented-a certain new and useful Improvement in Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

I will describe my improvement in connection with a lamp embodying it, and then point out the various features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' is aside view of a lamp-fixture embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a transversesection [of the shade-holder and a sectional view of a hook with which it is provided. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one of a number of rods whereby the shade-holder is suspended. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the end portion of one of these rods. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a connecting-piece whereby certain of the suspending-rods are united, and Fig. 6

is a perspective view ofa shade-crown.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a lamp-reservoir holder. It may be of any suitable construction. Its construction forms no feature of my present invention.

B designates a shadeholder consisting of a sheet-metal ring provided at the lower edge with an inwardly-turned flange, b.

G designates arms,which may be of any suitable construction and extend between the reservoir-holder A and the shade-holder B. They are fastened by screws to both the reservoirholder and the shade-holder. Their construc tion is not involved inthis improvement.

On the exterior of the shade-holder are hooks D. They are made of thick metal, preferably brass, and maybe cast or struck up. Their shanks fit snugly against and are arranged approximately parallel with the exterior of the shade-holder, and are provided at the lower ends with offsets d at approximate right angles to the shanks, which extend under the inwardly-turned flange b of the shade-holder.

These offsets d are fastened by screws, rivets, or other means to the flange b. The shanks of the hooks are wide, so as to have an extensive bearing on the exterior of the shadeholder, and hence distribute over alarge surface any force that may be exerted by them to the shade-holder. The hooks extend ontwardly from the shanks, and, as the means whereby the shade-holder is suspended will converge upwardly, the tendency will be to force the shanks of the hooks against the exterior of the shade-holder. Owing to this the shanks of the hooks do not need to be fastened to the exterior of the shade-holder, and the fastening of their offsets d to the flange I) will suffice.

I have shown the shade-holder as provided with outwardly-projecting ornamentation-in this instance, corrugationsaud the upwardlyextending portions of the hooks D bearing against such ornamentation. The ornamentation tends toprevent the crushing in of the shadeholderby the hooks, and enables the use of thinner metal than might otherwise be used in the manufacture of the shade-holder.

' With the hooks D engage hooks e at the ends of rods E. These rods E at the upper ends have hooks or loops 6, that engage with a connecting-piece, F. Rods G extend from the connecting-pieces F to chains H, that pass around pulleys in a hanger, I, and are connected to a weight, J. The rods G have at their lower ends hooks g, which engage with the connecting-pieces F, and at their upper ends-hooksg, which engage wit-h the chains H.

The rods E G are made externally of spiral form. The rodsE converge in pairs to one of the connecting-pieces F, and from each connecting-pieee a single rod, G, extends. The rods G may be stouter and stronger, if desirable, because they have to sustain the weight which is borne by the pairs of rods E with which they are united by the connectingpieces. The spiral exterior. of the rods imparts an ornamental appearance to them, and, moreover, materially stiffens them, so as to reduce their liability of being bent.

weight J is guided by a rod, K, depending from the hanger. A smoke-bell, L, hangs from the lower end of the rod K..

M designates a shade-crown adaptedtofit upon the upper part of the shade N. It is preferably made of sheet metal. Internally it is provided with resilient fingersf, made of sheet metal and riveted at one end only to the crown. These fingers center the shade-crown and exert only a resilient pressure upon it.

What I claim as my invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a shade-holder consisting of a sheet-metal ring and provided with ontwardly-projecting ornamentation and an inwardly-turned flange at itslower edge, of

hooks extending outwardly from shanks, ar-

ranged approximately parallel with and hearing against the ornamentation on the shadeholder, and provided with offsets at approximate right angles to the shanks, extending under the iiangeof the shade-holder and fastened thereto, substantially as specified.

.2. A shade-crown provided internally with resilient fingers, substantially as specified.

\VOLCOTT A. HULL.

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T. J. KEANE, Jmnzs R. BoWEN. 

